THE WOMAN OF INNESKEAN.
■ ,».. . ■"" '.. .-•....- What if I do haunt secret places And cairns? " . . What if I do? ..; I ain't got no childer. There's many things worse'n toads. "Horny," said you? Well, so am I. Winds howl, too, when I'm not near. I'm not ashamed. There's voices in -any winds for anyone who'd listen, \ No snake'll. sting unless you're frightened of it. I'm not a witch. Why should I be I know no secrets save of eggs and nests And things dead people say. And what bats tell me in owl-light under eaves What harm's in that ? Why can't I cross a river ? You brutes, you brutes ! Could you if you were blind ? * ! *mmd? Mabel Hinton, in the New Witness.
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New Zealand Tablet, 14 August 1919, Page 29
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119THE WOMAN OF INNESKEAN. New Zealand Tablet, 14 August 1919, Page 29
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